FATHER DAVID CREAMER, SJ

Condolences & Memories (7 entries)

• This wonderful provided me the foundation of of my faith that I continue to rely on today. Thank you for your passing onto us the wonderful gifts of the Holy Spirit that were bestowed onto you. - Posted by: Greg Sebastien (Past Student) on: Apr 25, 2023

• While I am shaken to hear of the passing of Fr. Creamer, I was fortunate to have been a student in St. Paul's High School under his tutelage in the late 80's. I was fortunate to have taken his Pschology of Religion and Contemporary Catholicism courses while an undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba. It was in the latter seminar in which I realized Roman Catholicism embraced Social Justice and the Preferential Option for the Poor. He underscored the extent to which Roman Catholicism embraced a commitment to social change that was based on Catholic teaching. Years later, Fr. Creamer served on my Graduate Committee during my MA Thesis process and defence. His impassioned willingness to broaden his learning will always remain with me. - Posted by: Shaun Mulvey (Student) on: May 01, 2021

• Thank you, Fr. Dave for a wonderful course on the Psychology of Religion. Your stories, openness, and kind spirit combined with drawing out the best from your students was such a gift to us. Your sharing of your own life path in the context of this course has stuck with me for years. Thank you for your impact. - Posted by: Darlene Crone-Todd (Student) on: Apr 28, 2021

• I was very fortunate to have attended a travel studies university course called “religious studies” in Italy lead by Father Creamer around 2006. He was a good person to put up with us in Europe! He was very patient, intelligent, well-connected and a fun man. He made sure we learned/saw the sites and were safe, but also let us have the time of our lives once “class” was out! I’m sorry that he is gone and often think back to the amazing life experience he gave us on our travels together. He was very impactful to us. - Posted by: Jocelyn (Student ) on: Apr 26, 2021

• Father Dave, you always had an interesting story to tell and you were such a incredibly kind and generous person. You will always be considered a good friend. Stuart - Posted by: Stuart Blake (Friend) on: Apr 26, 2021

• With a broken heart I read of the passing of a most beloved man. I met Fr. Dave several years ago through my close friendships with Sr. Margaret and Sr. Bernadette and their work at Rossbrook House. Fr. Dave would say mass for several of us once a month at the Sisters’ home. His homilies, his stories and his life experiences with social Justice always had connections from the Bible to what was presently happening on the streets of Winnipeg and disenfranchised peoples around the world, and helped draw me closer to a church I had left long ago. From one of his trips to India he brought me back a tshirt that read “God is too big for any one religion.” Fr. Dave’s compassion and his goodness will be missed. - Posted by: Deb Thordarson (Friend) on: Apr 25, 2021

• Thank you Father Dave for all that you have done for dozens of us....I will have a diet coke in your memory, may you rest in peace. - Posted by: Jon Anthony (friend) on: Apr 24, 2021